Biography

Career Transactions: Originally drafted by Cleveland in the first round (22nd overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft with a choice acquired from Atlanta in 2011 along with the Falcons’ 2011 first (27th), second (59th) and fourth (124th) round picks and 2012 fourth round pick for the Browns’ 2011 first round pick (sixth overall).

Career Transactions: Originally drafted by Cleveland in the first round (22nd overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft with a choice acquired from Atlanta in 2011 along with the Falcons’ 2011 first (27th), second (59th) and fourth (124th) round picks and 2012 fourth round pick for the Browns’ 2011 first round pick (sixth overall).

College: Started the final 26 games of his 30-game career at Oklahoma State University (2008-11)… Completed 767 of 1,103 career passes for 9,260 yards and 75 touchdowns… Yardage and passing touchdown totals were both school records… As a senior, finished second in the nation with 4,727 passing yards, while completing 409 of 565 passes with 37 touchdowns… Yardage and passing touchdown totals were both OSU single-season records… Set the school’s single-game passing yardage record with 502 yards against Kansas State… As a junior, completed 342 of 511 passes for 4,277 yards with 34 touchdowns… Appeared in three games as a sophomore, completing 15 of 24 passes for 248 yards with four touchdowns… Saw action in one game in 2008 after redshirting as a freshman… Majored in business management.

Major League Baseball: As a pitcher, was the first player chosen by the New York Yankees (second round-71st overall) in the 2002 MLB Draft… Selected to the 2002 New York-Penn League (Class A) All-Star Game… Traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers following the 2003 season… Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the Rule Five Draft following the 2005 season… Final season was in 2006 with the High Desert Mavericks (Class A).

Personal: Native of Edmond, Okla., where he attended Santa Fe High School… Threw for the second-most yards in the state of Oklahoma as senior in 2001, after totaling 2,863 yards with 25 touchdowns… An all-state selection in football, baseball and as a forward in basketball… Married (Melanie).